Metallic railway-tie and fastening.



B. M. JOHNSON. METALLIC RAILWAY TIE AND FASTENING.. APPLICATION min MAR. 1s. 19:5.

1 ,162,06'7. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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y IJETALLIC RAILWAY-TIE ANDFASTENING.-

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Nev. so, isis.

Application inea Maren i5, 1915. serial Ne. 14,500.

To c/,ZZ whom it may concern n Be it known that I, Banner M. JoHNsoN, a citizen of the Unitedl States Vof America, and resident of Burlington, Kit Carson county, Colorado, have inventeda new and useful Metallic Railway-Tie and Fastening..

yarrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation showing a part of my improved tie and rail securing means, the cover plates being removed. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the cover plates in place. Fig. 3 is a plan view, one of the cover plates being removed. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail of certain of the rail securing means.

1n the construction of the devices as shown the numeral 10 designates a railway tie which is formed of metal, is rectangular in cross-section, is hollow, and may be left open at both ends. The tie 10 is formed, adjacent each end, with an upwardly opening recess, 11,extending from side to side of the tie and approximately half way from top tobottom thereof. A plate 12 is loosely mounted in each recess 11 and is yieldingly supported therein by relatively heavy coil springs 13, in this instance four in number for each plate. The springs 13 are held in place by downwardly projecting lugs 14 on the bottom of the plates 12, and by upwardly projecting lugs 15 fixed to the inside of the bottom of the tie, and engaging within the upper and lower ends, respectively, of said springs.

Upward movement of the plates 12 is limited by inwardly projecting stop lugs 16 formed on and projecting from the upper side margins of the recesses 11.

Railway rails, such as 17, are mounted across the ties 10 within the recesses 11 and 1 supported on the plates 12.

y, Accidental .displacement of the plates 12 fromrthe recesses 11, by endwise movement, is prevented byplates 1S secured to the side margins of said recesses.y

Therails 17 are fastenedto the plates 12 by means of headed bolts 19 having their heads, which are abnormally elongated in one direction, engaging the bases of theV rails. rlhe bolts 19 pass through apertures in the plates 12 andare threaded on their Y lower ends and secured by nuts 20.

Partitions 21, 22 preferably are mounted within the ties 10 at opposite ends of the recesses 11,`to prevent the entrance of snow and dirt tothe part of the tie containing the springs 18. The partitions 22 which are at the end of the recess adjacent the inner side of the rail 17, need not extend entirely to the bottom ofthe tie, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Cover plates 23, 24 are mounted on opposite sides of the rails 17, over the recesses 11, and extend downwardly over the sides of the tie, and cover the top and sides of the recesses 11, except wherey they are cut away, as shown in Fig. 2, to n permit downward movement of the rails.

The tie 10 preferably is formed with transverse ribs 25 on its bottom to prevent slipping of the tie.

l claim as my invention- 1. A device of the class described, comprising a hollowy tie open Vat its ends and formed with transverse recesses adjacent its ends and extending down its side walls, partitions within said tie at opposite sides of each recess, plates yieldingly supported in said recesses, and rails mounted on and secured to said plates.

v 2. A device of the class described, comprising a hollow tie formed of metal, open at its ends and having recesses adjacent its ends, partitions withinl said tie at opposite sides of each recess, the inner partitions being spaced from the bottom of the tie, coil springs mounted in said tie and projecting upwardly within said recesses, plates mounted on said springs, rails secured to said plates, and means to limit upward movement of said plates. v

3. A device of the class described, comprising a hollow tie `formed of metal and having-an upwardly opening recess adjacent each end, rail-bearing plates yieldingly mounted in said recesses, and plates removlongitudinal'rnovement of said rail-bearing plates.

4. A device of the class described, com- Y prising a hollow metallictie; having anupwardly opening recess adjacent each end, a

y wardly'opening recess adjacent each end, a

plate yieldingly snpported in each recess and adapted to carrya railway rail, a cover plate 'mounted on each side of each rail and covl5 BARNET M. JOHNSON. i

Witnesses:

Ji K. Roline,- E. E.` HosKrN.

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